IE 5.5 Update Problems

[Jon Kennedy]

See this article for possible help:

Err Msg: A Previous Program Installation Was Never Completed...
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q221/8/63.ASP

IE does not automatically update itself - there has to be some intervention on the user's part to okay the update. IE can check for updates automatically - see Tools...Internet Options...Advanced tab, Browsing section, "Automatically check..."

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Jon R. Kennedy
Charlotte, NC
jken...@carolina.rr.com

"W Fleming" <wadef...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:8uptju$7gn$1...@news.wave.co.nz...
> Has anyone else had problems with this?
>
> Apparently it pretty much automatically downloaded and installed itself on
> our PC (I wasn't here when it happened), is this what usually happens?
>
> Anyway now the computer is playing up, and I'm pretty sure it is a direct
> result of this update.
>
> - Computer often needs to be rebooted before it will connect to the Internet
> - frequently crashes and needs to be reset
> - when connected to the Internet, it periodically 'freezes' for 10 seconds
> plus (very annoying)
>
> - basically when using the Internet the whole computer becomes very shaky,
> was running well before this upgrade.
>
> Dell PIII 450, Win 98
>
> Furthermore, the following happens when I try to uninstall IE 5.5:
>
> In Add/Remove Programs -> Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 and Internet Tools
>
> Restore the previous Windows Configuration
>
> I get the following message:
>
> A previous program installation was never completed. You need to restart
> your computer to complete that installation before uninstalling Internet
> Explorer. Setup will now close.
>
>
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[W Fleming]

[W Fleming]

Thanks I'll have a look at that link.
BTW, I realise that there needs to be user intervention to carry out the
update.

"Jon Kennedy" <jken...@carolina.rr.com> wrote in message
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See this article for possible help:

Err Msg: A Previous Program Installation Was Never Completed...
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q221/8/63.ASP

IE does not automatically update itself - there has to be some intervention
on the user's part to okay the update. IE can check for updates
automatically - see Tools...Internet Options...Advanced tab, Browsing
section, "Automatically check..."

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Jon R. Kennedy
Charlotte, NC
jken...@carolina.rr.com

"W Fleming" <wadef...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:8uptju$7gn$1...@news.wave.co.nz...

[W Fleming]

I have managed to uninstall the IE5.5 update, now back to IE5. Everything
<seems> to be working OK now.

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"W Fleming" <wadef...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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